Pork Afritada (Braised Pork in Tomato Sauce)
- 1 lb. pork, cut into serving pieces
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 tbsp. patis (fish sauce)
- 4 potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, sliced
- 2 tbsp. fine breadcrumbs (or flour, or cornstarch)
- vegetable oil
Cooking Procedures :
- Put pork in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Let stand 10 to 20 minutes.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir-fry pork pieces until no longer pink in color and turn lightly brown.
- Add and sauté garlic until fragrant. Stir in onion until soft and translucent. Season with patis and then add potatoes, stir-fry for a few minutes.
- Pour in water and tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer covered for about 25 to 30 minutes or until pork is cooked and potatoes are tender.
- Add in bell peppers and stir to blend. Correct seasonings. Thicken sauce with breadcrumbs (or flour, or cornstarch, if using). Stir and blend and let simmer for another few more minutes.
- Remove from heat. Transfer to a serving dish and serve hot.
Tagged with: afritada • braised • tomato sauce
Filed under: Pork
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this will help us to learn more about cooking filipino recipes………:)
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Hello, Thanks much for your Afritada, i cooked it for my host family here in geneva @ they love it.. more recipe to come!!God bless!
hi, you’re afritada is easy to prepare and cook it taste so good. My family will surely love it again. Youre site ismy favorite i cook all Filipino food here in Florida we just migrated here and my hub missed all Filipino food. His favorite is saute monggo.
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Thanks much for your Afritada, i cooked it for my family they love it.. more recipe to come! more power
thanks for sharing this pork afritada recipe
yay! thanks for sharing this recipe..I am hosting a dinner for my Japanese friends tomorrow and I’m cooking pork aftritada and chicken menudo. I’m sure they’ll love it! thanks!
nice filipino recipe!!
thanks for your afritada.. taste great my family loves it when I cooked it. thanks more power and more recipes to come.
i love your recipe! it taste so good and easy to prepare..
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Hi! I’ve tried your dish and everyone loves it. And the funny thing was, it was my first time to cook Pork Afritada. It was very fulfilling. Thanks and Happy New Year!
oh hi… dunno how to cook afritada and i tried browsing some recipe and found this, well the outcome was really fine… they said it taste good! thanks a lot
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